Fritz Leonhardt (1909-1999)
Civil Engineer, Professor
Biography
| 1909 |
born in Stuttgart |
| 1927-1931 |
Studies of civil engineering at the TH Stuttgart |
| 1932/1933 |
Studies in the USA, study trip in the USA and Mexico |
| 1934/1935 |
Bridge department of the Reichsautobahnen (OBR) in Stuttgart |
| 1935 |
Change to the Reichsverkehrsministerium (Ministry of transports) in Berlin |
| 1935 |
State exam for superior civil service |
| 1938 |
Ph. D. at the TH Stuttgart |
| 1938-1941 |
Construction site management at the Rhine bridge Köln-Rodenkirchen |
| 1939-1945 |
Civil engineer studio in Munich |
| 1939-1941 |
Consultant of the "Generalbaurat für die Hauptstadt der Bewegung" |
| 1943/1944 |
Head of the Organisation Todt (OT) in Estonia |
| 1944/1945 |
Head of department of the Organisation Todt (OT) in Munich |
| 1947 |
Reestablishment of the civil engineer studio |
| 1953 |
Founding of the civil engineer studio Leonhardt & Andrä in Stuttgart |
| 1958-1974 |
Full professor for solid construction at the TH Stuttgart |
| ab 1970 |
Leonhardt, Andrä und Partner Beratende Ingenieure GmbH |
| 1999 |
passed away in Stuttgart |
Works
| Highway overbridge Jungingen/Schwäbische Alb 1934 |
| Sulzbachtal Bridge Denkendorf 1934-1936 |
| Rhine bridge Cologne-Rodenkirchen 1938-1941 |
| Support structure planing main station Munich 1940-1942 |
| Support structure planing Rhine bridge Cologne-Deutz 1946/1947 |
| Support structure planing Rhine bridge Cologne-Mühlheim 1949-1951 |
| Prestressed concrete bridge Heilbronn-Böckingen 1950 |
| Consulting Theodor-Heuss-Brücke, Kniebrücke, Oberkasseler Brücke Düsseldorf 1952-1973 |
| TV tower Stuttgart (with Erwin Heinle and Herta-Maria Witzemann) 1954-1956 |
| Consulting Severinsbrücke Cologne 1956-1960 |
| Pedestrian bridge Schillersteg Stuttgart 1961 |
| Design Monocable suspension bridge near Emmerich 1961 |
| Consulting TV tower Hamburg 1964-1968 |
| Support structure planing Caroni bridge Puerto Ordaz/Venezuela 1965 |
| Support structure planing German Pavilion Expo ´67 Montreal 1966/1967 |
| Support structure planing roofing Olympic stadium Munich 1968-1972 |
| Consulting General Artigas bridge between Cólon/Argentinia and Paysandú/Uruguay 1972-1977 |
| Cable-stayed bridge between Pasco and Kennewick crossing Columbia River/USA 1975-1978 |
| Consulting Kochertal bridge 1976-1978 |
| Support structure planing TV tower Mannheim 1979 |
| Support structure planing railway bridge Gemünden 1981-1984 |
| Consulting Gualdquivir-Brücke "La Cartuja" Sevilla 1988-1992 |
Further reading
| written by Fritz Leonhardt: |
| Spannbeton für die Praxis. Berlin 1955, Reprint Berlin 2001 |
| Vorlesungen über Massivbau. 6 vol. Berlin, Heidelberg 1973-1980 |
| Ingenieurbau. Darmstadt 1974, 2. erw. Aufl. unter dem Titel: Der Bauingenieur und seine Aufgaben. Stuttgart 1974 |
| Baumeister in einer umwälzenden Zeit. Stuttgart 1984 |
| Brücken. Darmstadt 1984 |
| written about Fritz Leonhardt: |
| Julia Cozzi: Fritz Leonhardt e la sua filosofia costruttiva: Ingegnere o architetto? (Diss.) Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia, Dipartimento di Costruzione dell'Architettura 1996/1997 |
| Wilhelm Zellner: Fritz Leonhardt (1909-1999). Ein Leben als Bauingenieur. In: VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Jahrbuch 2001, Bd. 13. Düsseldorf 2001, S. 289-342 |
| Fraunhofer Informationszentrum Raum und Bau (IRB): Literaturdokumentation Ingenieure. Fritz Leonhardt. Stuttgart 2002 |
| Dietrich W. Schmidt: Die Baukunst der Türme, Brücken, Tragwerke und der Begriff des Ästhetischen. Fritz Leonhardt (1909-1999) In: Bundesingenieurkammer (Hg.): Ingenieurbaukunst in Deutschland. Jahrbuch 2003/2004. Hamburg 2003, S. 120-129 |
| Klaus Stiglat: Bauingenieure und ihr Werk. Berlin 2004, S. 232-241 |
| Joachim Kleinmanns, Christiane Weber (Hrsg.): Fritz Leonhardt 1909-1999. Die Kunst des Konstruierens. The art of engineering. Stuttgart 2009 |
